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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 3:37pm

   
   

   Could be an intentional Streisand manoeuvre...

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   Kimberly Kubalek, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 3:45pm

   
   

   Aw, c'mon, give them a break. It is shocking how many clients insist that spelling "isn't that important." I have to beg them to spellcheck. And some of these are professional writers! Frankly, I'm surprised this "spellcheck company" business model floats at all. I predict they'll go under--whether anyone (else) catches the mistake or not. Because sadly, more and more, no one reads that carefully.

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   freakengine, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 4:12pm

   
   

   Unfortunately, spell checkers don't always catch grammatical errors, hence a lot of "to" where "too" would be appropriate. The quote you listed is in no way a spell check problem.

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   Spell

   

   Samantha's husband Darin Stevens, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 4:21pm

   
   

   Andorra didn't have anything to do with it, did she?

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   yeah, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 4:32pm

   
   

   Funny thing is that a lot of spelling errors go unnoticed to most people. I think the the rule was that so long as the first and last letter were right, and the word was used in the correct context, 70% of the people missed the typo. I'd have to look it up. Was an interesting study.
   
   Also people rarely noticed the use of double words on line breaks.

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   kc, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 4:40pm

   
   

   fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
   Cna yuo raed tihs?
   
   i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

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   Spell checking

   

   ElectricMayhem, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:10pm

   
   

   The problem is that the education system has denigrated the proper use of language since the 1960's......so called progressive thinkers and the like have sought to undermine basic skills of literacy, comprehension and composition with the result that the ability to spell and or use words that exceed two syllables has been eroded. As for punctuation…..!!!
   
   This is further compounded by the sloppy use of language in emails, blogs and other Internet communication under the guise of being ‘modern’. Interestingly, my spell check device does not recognise the word blog!
   
   English is the most expressive, dynamic and wholly encompassing language in the world. Within its framework is the ability to articulate every nuance possible. True, it ‘steals’ from practically every language in some form or another, but this ‘theft’ merely enhances the ability to communicate.
   
   A gifted writer leads the reader along an exact path creating images and understanding that stays long after the words have been read.
   
   Pity then that there are few who are able to compose and even fewer who are able to comprehend.
   
   A sad state of affairs!

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   Amazed, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:25pm

   
   

   It really is crazy how you can read through that at regular pace...

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   Xcetron, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:25pm

   
   

   Thats merely an excuse for bad spellers, that thing would certainly not work if you have never seen the word before, or if the word is over 10 letters long.

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    You misspell web because education?

    

    MissingFrame, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:29pm

    
    

    Although technically it was a spelling error,
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing

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    Re: Spell Checking

    

    StrongOrderly, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:35pm

    
    

    If English is the most expressive, dynamic and wholly encompassing language then how come there are Japanese words in which no English equivalent is to be found?

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    Does TexTrust Spellcheck Blogs?

    

    Kevin Heisler, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:38pm

    
    

    Mike, meet Carlos. Carlos, meet TexTrust
    
    "India Says No Thanks To The $100 Laptop
    from the priorities dept
    
    One of the most common retorts ... to participate in Nicolas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative, which wanted to sell $100 PCs to governments around the world for them to distrubute (sic) ..."

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    English, the most expreissive (sic)?

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 5:49pm

    
    

    I'd reply in my native language but unfortunately words fail me.

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 6:44pm

    
    

    I just had some dental work done and had to sign a pile of forms before it could happen. I ended up having to fix the spelling of about 6 words on these (presumably vetted) forms.
    
    I also ended up unemployed a few years back and managed to collect unemployment - during this time I had to attend training (mostly watching videos) on how to get
    a job (and the like). One of the classes was on writing a resume and application letters. They stressed several times the importance of spelling - and then showed an example application letter - with at least two words incorrect. Not typo style incorrect, but just plain wrong.

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    spam

    

    spam, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 7:10pm

    
    

    spam - mark that
    good-bye for good

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    Re: Spell checking

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 8:11pm

    
    

    ha ha, logic has gone out the door. It follows that if there are few who can compose, more than a few must be able to comprehend since composition is clearly more complicated than comprehension.

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    Just Me, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 8:29pm

    
    

    Whooptie-freakin'-doo! I understand what's making your eyes twitch, but face it, some things fall through, and it did turn out to be a very minor thing. They knew what they did, they went out to correct the mistake and sounds like they've been doing their service to their customers just fine.

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 8:39pm

    
    

    this is why so many extremely intelegent people like me can't spell to save their lives...

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 8:40pm

    
    

    you broke the rule twice in the first 3 words you added to this e-mail that went around, the first and last letter need to be correct!

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 8:46pm

    
    

    All cetuars can be dfneeid by tehir Dreoxyniboucleieoxyc aicd, mreo cmonmly konw as DNA.

    It's all about words, and context

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 26th, 2006 @ 11:13pm

    
    

    Hey ElectricMayhem, if it's informal it doesn't matter unless you're anal

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    Sad

    

    Alain, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 2:50am

    
    

    What is sad in this story is that the one who will be fired will be the PR consultant. And the Reuters article will be used against him. Does one spell error justify to make an article and to fire a man ?

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    Koz, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 5:03am

    
    

    Could one of you smart people spell out where you think the eroor is - seems to me this is a "kings new clothes" situation.

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    Plain and simple

    

    Lewis Carroll, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 8:07am

    
    

    'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather
    scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean
    - neither more nor less.'
    
    'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make
    words mean so many different things.'
    
    'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to
    be master - that's all.'

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 8:26am

    
    

    Koz-- read the article that this is linked too. They tell you which words were misspelled.

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 8:28am

    
    

    If you mispell things, people might still understand what you write. Couse, that won't keep them from thinking that you are an idiot.

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    mist-spelinges

    

    rOGRE, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 8:39am

    
    

    The best example by Navy Public Works Dept. Norfolk, VA: referred to itself in their newsletter as "PUBIC Works..." so appropriate and par for the course for their upper management!

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 9:27am

    
    

    I read the article from the link also. I'm confused what the problem is. Does it relate to:
    
    "million we (sic) pages " ?

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    Spelling errors for dummies...

    

    Robert, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 11:41am

    
    

    I figured this would come up - amazing that AC was the one to ask. Here's the scoop if you can't figure it out.
    
    The word "we" should have been "web."
    
    The "(sic)" was added by Reuters to make sure we realized that THEY didn't just mistype the quote. Then TECHDIRT just quoted the Reuters article.

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    Live and Learn, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 11:56am

    
    

    I used to work in the tech pubs department of a manufacturing company. We'd been looking at a big desktop publishing/document management product when we got a letter from the new sales rep for our area, introducing herself. It was so full of misspellings, incorrect word use, and bad grammar that we stapled a routing slip to it and sent it around so all hands could get a laugh. Then we round filed it and never contacted that vendor again.

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    koz, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 4:10pm

    
    

    Anonymous Coward - i did read the linked article, and while a lot of people have been convinced there is a problem there quite possibly isn't since it does make sense as originally written .....

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